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Experience enchantment with our outdoor escape room!

The land is under a dark curse — and it’s up to you to lift it! Using your smartphones and GPS hotspots, you’ll battle bewitchment as you strive to strengthen your sorcerous skills in this enchanting escape room. Can you restore good magic to the land before the blood moon sets and time runs out?

Dark Curse Escape Room Snapshot

Here’s everything you need to know about The Dark Curse Escape Room*:

*Snapshot details as a guide – get in touch for tailored quote & timings.

Event duration is
1-3 hours
Group size from
16 people
Cost is from
£1,450
Location is
Evening, Outdoor

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Features

Benefits

Magic and mystery themed

Accessible & sustainable

App-based & sustainable

GPS hotspots suitable to any location

Cutomisable

Collaborative, creative & competitive

Offers a great, carbon-neutral way to explore a city or other outdoor location

Provides a team-building experience that rewards creative thinking and cooperation

Fosters friendly competition between teams

Cultivates grace under pressure as teams work against the clock

Ends in a presentation with scores, prizes and “best bits”

Features

Magic and mystery themed

Accessible & sustainable

App-based & sustainable

GPS hotspots suitable to any location

Cutomisable

Collaborative, creative & competitive

Benefits

Offers a great, carbon-neutral way to explore a city or other outdoor location

Provides a team-building experience that rewards creative thinking and cooperation

Fosters friendly competition between teams

Cultivates grace under pressure as teams work against the clock

Ends in a presentation with scores, prizes and “best bits”

How The Dark Curse Escape Room Works

What are the rules of The Dark Curse Escape Room?

In this innovative outdoor escape room, your group splits into smaller teams. Each uses a mobile app to navigate GPS hotspots, picking up tools and magic points along the way.

Who is The Dark Curse Escape Room for?

The Dark Curse escape room is a great way to explore new locations. It can be played outdoors or indoors, and it can add enchantment to conferences, team meetings or private parties.

How long does The Dark Curse Escape Room last?

The Dark Curse takes 90 minutes to work its magic.

What is an Escape Room?

An escape room is an immersive, interactive game where players work together to solve puzzles, find clues, and accomplish tasks in order to achieve a specific goal within a limited amount of time, usually to escape from a room or location. These indoor team building events are a great way to improve team work by encouraging communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills among team members.

Are escape rooms healthy?

Yes, escape rooms can be a healthy and fun activity for individuals and groups. They promote teamwork, problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and communication. On top of that, they provide a unique and engaging way to bond with friends, family, or colleagues. Just make sure to follow any safety guidelines provided by the escape room facility.

What is the trick to escape rooms?

The trick to escape rooms is all about team work! Communicate effectively with your team, think outside the box, and pay attention to detail. Work together to solve puzzles, find clues, and unlock hidden secrets within the room to ultimately achieve your goal of escaping within the time limit.

Do they actually lock you in escape rooms?

No, participants are not actually locked in escape rooms. The goal is to solve puzzles and find clues to escape within a set time limit, typically 60 minutes. Participants can leave the room at any time if needed. The event is monitored closely by the escape room staff, and you are able to ask to leave  at any point.

Everyone had a really good time and loved all the different levels and variety that Level-Up brought. Maximillion always provide an excellent event and guide you through the organising process with clarity, confidence and advice.

Davidson Chalmers Stewart

Everyone I met was so helpful, reassuring and knowledgeable. The event was run seamlessly and the team made everyone relaxed which encouraged everyone to participate fully. Team building can so often be an uncomfortable day away from the office, but Maximillion just made it so much fun. I had heard good things about you all through the previous work you have done for us but it was great to see that first hand. It was such a pleasure to work with you and we are all already looking forward to the next one!

The Phoenix Group

We thought the event was organised and ran extremely well. All of our staff had a fantastic time, great fun! Would recommend Maximillion.

Meraki Talent

Your team on the night for installation were on time, super efficient and gave clear guidance on usage of the games and when I called to say we’d finished early – returned quickly and dismantled with the same efficiency.

Natwest

We want to express our heartfelt gratitude for the fantastic murder mystery and DJ services the Maximillion team provided at our recent Renewables UK Seminar at Cameron House Hotel. It was an evening filled with excitement and entertainment, and Maximillion played a pivotal role in making it a memorable experience for all of us.

TotalEnergies

Massive thank you to Rhys & Mike for creating a professional and overall enjoyable experience for our team. Throughout the entire process they worked hard to ensure our values and needs were met on the day. The delivery of the events was incredibly well received and I can safely say I would be glad to book with Maximillion again.

Thenue Housing Association

The general comment today in the office is how amazing the event was and how much fun people had.

University of Edinburgh

We had an absolutely fantastic time at our Teambuilding afternoon hosted by Maximillion Events at our Ayrshire premises. This is now the 3rd time we have used their services and will definitely be looking to use them again next year. Such a lovely and professional group of people to deal with!! We had various games with a bespoke package set up for a group of staff members with varying degree of mobility. We did carpet curling (indoors), giant jenga, connect 4, darts, air hockey to name but a few all being done outside near to our foodhall and “refreshments” area. It was perfect, everyone had a blast and the Maximillion team were a joy to work with. Thorough, professional, safety conscious and lots of fun. They looked to enjoy themselves watching us and our very competitive natures shine through. Thank you again to all at Maximillion – you made our day that extra special.

RUA Life Sciences

June Ryland

Working with Maxmillion events for the Traitor’s themed evening at Prestonfield House was a great experience. Jenny and her team were a delight to work with, and we would highly recommend them to anyone looking to plan immersive events.

The PC Agency

Jenny takes the time to understand our vision and goals for each event and consistently exceeded our expectations through close partnership and honest, transparent communications. Building a partnership that has become an extension of our core in-house team has resulted in innovative ideas, handling challenges with ease, and seamless event delivery from the whole team.

ORE Catapult

Vicki Sharpe, Head of Marketing

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